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2) Helen, she is the leading part of the enjoy. The entire perform is played out in Helen’s home. The girl with also the reason Elsa relates to New Bethesda, to visit Sue because the girl with worried about her emotional point out. Helen is likewise the reason for Marius’s visits; this individual cares for her and tries to fit her into his world. All of the characters collect at Helen’s home to discuss her mental state and future.
3) Elsa relates to Helen through her “Mecca she recognizes it because Helen wants it to be seen and she gets been drawn to it from the first moment she found it as she states ” Believe me Sue, when I saw your “Mecca the first time, I just stood there and gaped.
(Page 22). To Elsa, Helen’s “Mecca is a wonder “¦your little miracle of light and colour page twenty three. Helen and Elsa as well share trust between the other person, they are friends and share a passion for Helen’s art.
Marius relates to Helen through their friendship, the possibility of appreciate and the background he offers with her. Marius cares for Helen and wants to be involved in her life and also to ‘help’ her even if they don’t agree on her “Mecca while Marius him self states “A true friendship should be able to support a difference of opinion. (Page 44) Marius sees Helen the way this individual wants to see her and not for the individual she truly is.
4) Yes, all characters have gotten drawing a line under on aspects of their lives of which we were holding still not sure; they have almost all also come to results about their lives. Helen features realised that her “Mecca is total “My Great place is finished¦page 74 this lady has also finally stood up for herself against Marius, the church as well as the town who wish to dictate her life.
Elsa opened up about the issues she experienced while the lady was away, she also learns to trust again when ever she metaphorically tells Sue to catch her “Open your forearms and catch me! I’m going to jump! page seventy six this declaration also pertains back to a previous conversation between Helen and Elsa regarding trust in which Elsa explains to Helen a story about a daddy and a son and the lesson of trust (page 20)showing that Elsa really puts this individual faith in Helen.
Marius realises this individual has misplaced the battle to change Sue back to the ladies she once was, and after a lot of trying he realises he or she must let her go and move on as he states inch All these years it has usually felt as if I could reach you. This seemed so inevitable i would, so right that we should certainly find each other again and be together for what times was left to us in the same universe. (page 69) Nevertheless he also realises that Helen is usually happy in her globe.
5) Fine art vs . Faith: The church is against her “Mecca, Helen selected her fine art over the chapel on the initial Sunday the girl chose to home and produce her first owl and she comprehended that there would be consequences on her actions but her art was essential to her se states within a conversation with Marius “¦But don’t think that missing house of worship that On the was some thing I did gently, Marius. You don’t break the habit with the lifetime without realizing that existence will never quite be similar again. ” (page 63)
Apartheid: The play is placed in séparation South-Africa. Elsa struggles to come to terms together with the situation, she’s faced with an apartheid scenario when a dark farm employees wife was kicked with the farm by the “baas the moment her spouse died and Elsa selected her and her baby up beside the road trekking (page 7) She also motivates her college students to independence of speech and winds up with a experiencing at her school due to it. The girl wants the coloured someones
decisions and thought to be believed as well as the girl states on page 13 “¦has anybody bothered to ask the coloured persons what they think about it all? The lack of someones rights is actually a central idea as Sue also feels her privileges are staying stripped away. Women’s privileges: Women’s privileges are raised in various conversations in the play.
Such as Sue not being able to live alone mainly because she is an elderly females or that it must be frowned upon on her behalf to make her art since it is not a thing women has to be capable to do. Katrina’s life is also a part of the theme of women’s rights because her spouse abuses her “And producing all sorts horrible threats about her plus the baby. (page 11) also that she cannot leave him because “They’re married (page 11) she is likewise only 17 years old therefore it is also a infant’s rights issue.
Another model is the females Elsa meets beside the road that was evictedfrom the farm by the “baas because her spouse died. Trust: The trust between Sue and Elsa how it can be broken during the perform but accumulated again at the end.
Journeys: The journey Sue takes her entire life to complete her “Mecca plus the one that is situated ahead now that her “Mecca is completed. Elsa’s journey to forget all the negative things in her life and move on to a better place. Marius’s journey just to save Helen from the time she started her “Mecca as well as the quest he completed since his wife handed, and in the end of the play to neglect Helen and just how he sees her.
Work out page seventy eight
1) At first glance I discovered the fine art strange because it reminded me of your graveyard, nevertheless, you look at the specific pieces you will see the different pictures that the lady tried to illustrate, but I still may find them appealing.
2) I think she would have already been a creative person with an interesting imagination, who also loved producing statues and incorporating these people in her garden. I do think she also a new love for animals and the middle-east with the different photos she depicts.
3) Certainly, there is a figurine that appears to be a church which jogs my memory of Christianity. It could become a mosque which reminds me of the Muslimreligion. There is also a picture of a confront which reminds me of an vanished religion. After that there are also figurines that label different cultures with their own unique made use of.
Exercise page 82
1) Solitary, adulterer, Blunt, troubled, qualified, dominating, irritating, independent, solid, truthful, dependable
2) Elsa provides trust problems, she has recently had an affair using a married person who decided to go with his wife over her, she was also impregnated by him but your woman had an abortion which simply added to her emotional instability. She is also against the séparation government and tries to counsel against this authorities, she attempts to teach people about liberty of presentation. She is likewise againsttraditions and conformity. Elsa also problems with “Afrikaner conventions. 3) Elsa is worried about Helen’s emotional wellbeing because of the letter she received from Sue as stated on-page 27.
She is Helen’s good friend and has come to support her and help her through the difficult time she is having.
4) Elsa is Helen’s only the case friend who have accepts her and her art in the same way they are; she is a lover of Helen’s function. Elsa and Helen trust only each other. Elsa also makes Helen think that a “young girl again.
5) Sue is a good friend but also makes her life better with the art she makes. Helen is definitely the only person she is really honest and herself with. She is her confidant and her glenohumeral joint in times of will need.
Exercise site 82:
1) Is it doesn’t first time truly expresses her hurt in a physical fashion about all the sadness this lady has experienced. Elsa feels embarrassment about the infant as well as the romantic relationship she experienced with David. She has emotions of hate and unhappiness towards himself, David, the apartheid land, and the institution she is instructing at. She mourns for her dead baby and by seeing this ladies and her power in these terrible circumstances, she’s disappointed in herself and her actions.
Exercise web page 82:
1) Approach Marius and tell him her true feelings and to stand up for what the lady wants. 2) She issues her to cry and let go with the anger (page 73), in addition, she challenges her into awareness and her responsibility (Page 61)
Physical exercise page 83:
1) She is saying she will require a leap of faith not only by putting her trust in Sue again but also in her very own life by moving on in the hardships this lady has experienced and starting over. Exercise web page 83:
1) Marius has come to help her fill in the forms for “Sunshine label the aged. He and the church councilwant Helen to increase the old era home because they don’t think she will consider after their self anymore. (Act 2 49-51)
He has also brought her a lot of vegetables out of his garden (Act 2 page 40) Marius visits Helen on a regular basis; dr. murphy is the only person in town whom visits her except for Katrina.
2) Yes, he features good intentions towards Sue. He thinks she requirements help which is concerned with her wellbeing and feelings. (Act 2 webpage 55) Marius sees Helen as puzzled and having the ability to take care of himself (Act two page 56) The reason for his concern is a candle incident where Sue nearly used up the house down (Act a couple of page 57)
3) No, he simply cares for her wellbeing (act 2 web page 55) and her security. He are unable to truly be in love with her because not know or be familiar with real her (act 2 page 24) He would not like her “Mecca and thinks this wounderful woman has changed (Act 2 site 53). Marius tries to deal with Helen such as a child, this individual sees her as mixed up needing defense against herself and Elsa (Act 2 page 56-57) Marius wants to be her defender rather than her lover. He sees her art, her “Mecca being a nightmare (page 61)
If perhaps he was genuinely in love with her, he would take pleasure in her “Mecca as well; it is a part of her. (Page 61-62). Marius likewise feels betrayed by Helen and her “idolatry (page 63) He speaks obviously about his feelings intended for Helen on-page 64 wherever we understand that could be he
could be in love with Helen as he states that the lady does not understand his “true feelings on her. He found Helen in his future along with him and that they would “be together webpage 69.
Work out page eighty six
1) No, this is certainly her very own “pilgrimage. Her “Mecca can be her own journey of self-discovery and it is a world this lady has created for herself which your woman visits daily. Her “Mecca does not include any engagement in Islam or faith.
2) Her Art is a journey on her; each serenity takes her a step closer to self-discovery, and new imaginative outlets. Her “Mecca will take her onto her pilgrimages to freedom, imagination and light. 3) The beliefs of the “old Christian church that she should be in church every Sunday, that she is prohibited to make these ‘strange’ art pieces which she should conform to
the chapel and communities rules so that is suitable behaviour.
Physical exercise page 87
Sue is a forward thinking, unusual women for her period. Since her husband’s death she has not really conformed to what is predicted of a widowed white girl. Helen would not truly mourn her husband, nor did she join the other ladies of her era in cathedral activities. The girl went against all that was seen usual by living on her own and not engaged and getting married again. The girl stepped from her religion and began to sculptures that has been not ‘normal’ for that time.
The people could have reacted just as people usually do the moment someone differs; by pushing them apart. The people need to have tried to prevent Helen because they now observed her since strange and unstable. Most of the people would have thought she went insane. For this reason , Helen simply has 3 friends. The kids were afraid of her and her house but and so also had been the parents.
Work out page fifth there’s 89
The moment two people get married they are connected to one another and there are certain tasks as dictated by society that should be packed by every person, it may not be said for all those marriages but also in many the women are not “free this would have been completely especially true in Helen’s time. In many partnerships the women is definitely part of her husband’s home and regrettably is much less free to generate her own choices. A lot of men even would go to the degree of trusting that all their wife is their property which will leaves a door starts to maltreatment and household violence.
Workout page 89: Essay
1) He could be married
2) The lady fell pregnant, had an abortion and ended up with a broken heart 3) Angry, hateful, sad, psychological
4) Remorseful, guilty, miserable
5) Both David and Elsa were consensual adults, that they knew it had been wrong nonetheless they continued the affair. They are both to blame
6) Not any, she a new choice in having an affair having a married person and in addition, she chose to have and child killingilligal baby killing, she would have chosen differently. We do not
know Katrina’s background if perhaps she was married of by her parents or perhaps what her situation was, but Katrina does not choose for her partner to drink and beat her, it is not in her hands.
Exercise page 91
1) The girl got an image (dreamed) associated with an owl which was to be her first sculpture which she had to begin work on right away while it would still be fresh in her head. She wished to remember evidently what she saw. (page 62)
2) He seems “grieved and betrayed. He thinks Sue has converted her backside on him and religion as he says “You converted you back again on your chapel, on your hope and then on us for this? (page 62) He does not understand the importance it kept for Sue. Exercise site 91
Activity
Attending church
Anticipated or not
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Taking care of her home
Going out with single men
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Socialising with other villagers
Making artwork
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Conversing with people of other events
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Workout page 93
Reason
People of Helen’s grow older are set
about religious customs such as
attending cathedral every Saturday
It is just a social tradition
Many widows will need another
companion, it should be
satisfactory to date again if a
person is definitely lonely and wants
another associate
Interpersonal norm
It maintains a person occupied while
you excite your mind and do
anything fun and imaginative.
Many old age homes and older
persons do arts and crafts to
keep busy
It does not matter your age you
probably should not discriminate, it can be
likewise not apartheid South-Africa
anymore in many old age
homes you will find people
from diverse races to socialize
with.
Marius sees that Helen is promoting. Marius understands what is going on for the first time in 12-15 years. In respect to Marius, Helen turned her backside on the house of worship, her hope and on the city especially him (page 63) because of the ornement she is making. He perceives the sculptures as “monstrosities that have stolen Helen faraway from them and he seems that they cannot replace man love and affection, as well as the yard is actually a “nightmare (pg. 61) Marius is disappointed in Helen for the choices she has made to get wherever she is at this point
and disappointed per se that this individual did not notice earlier. (pg. 59 -69)
1) Fear ” “it frightens them page fifty nine
Being different- “¦she dared to be different! Page 60 Idolatry- “¦it might have been known as idolatry. Page sixty one 2) Elsa sees the statues because an expression of freedom ” “¦they communicate freedom webpage 61 The girl sees her “mecca since beautiful and a magic ” “¦your little magic of light and colour. Page 23
3) Elsa sees these people as artwork and an expression of independence. Marius perceives them since monstrosities and a headache. They have opposing viewpoints.
Marius almost provides defensive response to Helen’s statues the reason for this is certainly that they are several. People don’t accept a thing or someone who is different thus easily. In the play it can be seen that Helen becoming different frightens the children plus the people in town only because they are not educated and do not understand. Elsa will not fear the statues or perhaps Helen though they are diverse she perceives them because an expression of freedom and a beautiful wonder created by simply Helen. Elsa and Marius both have different views about Helen’s wellbeing and art, which inwendig leads to a spat.
Exercise site 93
Character
Helen
Elsa
Marius
Their particular interpretation of Helen’s skill
A journey
Light
Freedom
Art
Helen’s lifestyle pg. 55
Enemies pg. 60
Liberty 60-61
Miracle
Ornaments pg. 51
Hobby pg. 53
Nightmare pg. 61
Idolatry pg. 61
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